練習(xí)材料：
[Day 1761 2019-07-23]
Lesson 25-1 Non-auditory effects of noise
Many people in industry and the Services, who have practical experience of noise,
regard any investigation of this question as a waste of time; they are not prepared even
to admit the possibility that noise affects people. On the other hand, those who dislike
noise will sometimes use most inadequate evidence to support their pleas for a quieter
society. This is a pity, because noise abatement really is a good cause, and it is likely
to be discredited if it gets to be associated with had science.
One allegation often made is that noise produces mental illness. A recent article in
a weekly newspaper, for instance, was headed with a striking illustration of a lady in a
state of considerable distress, with the caption 'She was yet another victim, reduced to
a screaming wreck'.
任務(wù)配置：L0+L1+L4
知識(shí)筆記：
auditory? ? adj. 聽(tīng)的; 聽(tīng)覺(jué)的;
inadequate? ? adj. 不充分的; 不足的; 不夠的; 不勝任的; 缺乏信心的;
pleas? ? n. 請(qǐng)求; 懇求; (被告或被告律師的) 抗辯灭忠，答辯，辯護(hù); (向法庭提供的) 理由刚夺，借口瞒爬，辯解;
abatement? ? n. 減弱; 減輕; 減少;
discredited? ? v. 敗壞…的名聲; 使喪失信譽(yù); 使丟臉; 使不相信; 使懷疑; 使不可置信;
allegation? ? n. (無(wú)證據(jù)的) 說(shuō)法纵顾，指控;
distress? ? n. 憂(yōu)慮; 悲傷; 痛苦; 貧困; 窘迫; 困苦; (船平委、飛機(jī)等) 遇難匹颤，遇險(xiǎn);
v. 使憂(yōu)慮; 使悲傷; 使苦惱;
caption? ? n. (圖片厚满、漫畫(huà)等的) 說(shuō)明文字;? ? v. 給(圖片府瞄、照片等)加說(shuō)明文字;
reduced to? ? 網(wǎng)絡(luò) 簡(jiǎn)化為; 減少到; 變成;
a screaming wreck? ? 尖叫的殘骸
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